Contents
The course covers the role of procaryotes in production, decomposition and nutrient cycling in natural and man made systems. Teaching is a mixture of practicals, excursions, theory and guest lectures in classes, ending with student projects in the research laboratories. Important components are biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur, aquatic systems, waste treatment, biosphere evolution, identification and counting of procaryotes, molecular methods, and process analysis with tracers, microsensors and flux measurements. Basic knowledge in microbiology and chemistry required.
Text-books
Primary articles, notes, manuals, and parts of Fenchel et al: "Bacterial Biogeochemistry - the Ecophysiology of Mineral Cycling" 2. edition 1998, Academic press.
Evaluation
1 written examination (13-scale).
ECTS-credits
15
Semester
Fall